Jimmy Webb - The Highwayman lyrics

rate me

THE HIGHWAYMAN<br />

<br />

I was a highwayman<br />

Along the coach roads I did ride<br />

With sword and pistol by my side<br />

Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade<br />

Many a soldier shed his life blood on my blade<br />

The bastards hung me in the spring of '25<br />

But I am still alive<br />

<br />

I was a sailor<br />

I was born upon the tide<br />

And with the sea I did abide<br />

I sailed a schooner 'round the horn to Mexico<br />

I went aloft to furl the mainsail in a blow<br />

And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed<br />

But I am living still<br />

<br />

I was a dam builder<br />

Across the river deep and wide<br />

Where steel and water did collide<br />

A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado<br />

I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below<br />

They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound<br />

But I am still around..<br />

I'll always be around, and around, and around, and around, and around..<br />

<br />

I'll fly a starship<br />

Across the Universe divide<br />

And when I reach the other side<br />

I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can<br />

Perhaps I may become a highwayman again<br />

Or I may simply be a single drop of rain<br />

But I will remain<br />

And I'll be back again<br />

and again, and again, and again, and again...